For the second time this month, Hearst Autos has made a significant move associated with Car and Driver in an effort to boost dealership sales activities. On Tuesday, Hearst Autos announced today that it has joined the CDK Global Partner Program, one of the largest, third-party partner programs in the automotive industry. The partnership is […] [Read More]

A wide array of KAR Auction Services companies and employees are finding ways to show support for individuals and families impacted by the April 6 crash in Saskatchewan involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team. On Wednesday, TradeRev is hosting an online charity auction in which a 2014 Harley-Davidson FXDF Fat Bob will be on […] [Read More]

A trio of executives from Primeritus Financial Services described how much it meant to receive a special honor from Ally Financial. On Tuesday, Primeritus, a leading provider of recovery management, skip-tracing and remarketing services for the auto finance industry in the U.S., announced that it has received Ally Financial’s 2017 Supplier of the Year Award. […] [Read More]

This year’s Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Auction brought a total of $39.4 million in sales, as well as a record-breaking more than 700 new bidders. Barrett-Jackson announced this week that along with selling a total of 692 vehicles that brought in more than $38.3 million, 380 pieces of automobilia and the sale of charity vehicles raised […] [Read More]

How odd has this spring been? Well, an entire weekend of Major League Baseball action was postponed because of significant snow in Minnesota, and it has been cars not trucks that are leading overall wholesale market price changes. So the answer is — pretty weird.  This week’s Black Book Market Insights report reiterated how certain […] [Read More]

While at least in some places of the country the weather is improving, over at Swapalease.com, site officials are noticing an enhancement to lease-transfer approvals, too. According to an update shared on Tuesday, Swapalease.com reported vehicle lease credit applicants registered a 67.3 percent approval rate in March, a rise from the February rate of 65.2 […] [Read More]

At least one bankruptcy expert sees a potential connection to what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates as impacting filings and reversing what happened during the first quarter. The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that total U.S. bankruptcy filings fell 4 percent during Q1. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, bankruptcy filings totaled 187,331 […] [Read More]

Auto finance defaults improved a bit on a sequential comparison but deteriorated slightly on a year-over-year basis in March, according to the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. On Tuesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released their data through March, and analysts indicated the auto default rate fell 4 basis points from last month to […] [Read More]

Moblie car buyers can now access ActivEngage's ActivOne live chat solution via LotLinxAMP vehicle display pages. ActivEngage is the latest certified chat partner to join the LotLinx Mobile-Optimized AMP Program, the company announced Monday. This news follows ActivEngage's December integration with 700Credit to offer users the ability to pull credit inside chat conversations. "We're excited to offer dealers an integration […] [Read More]

Before dealer principals and store managers brush aside the issue by stating something like, “I’m a car guy, not an accountant,” NADA Academy instructor Eric Dreisbach shared eight potential pitfalls of a financial practice many dealerships might use — work-in-process (WIP) accounting. In a blog post setting up his foundational concerns, Dreisbach explained that officially […] [Read More]